The Do's and Don'ts of Writin...

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PLOT: Opening scene.
PLOT: How to plot
PLOT: Main characters
PLOT: Creating characters
PLOT: Build a Protagonist
PLOT: Antagonist
PLOT: Why is a good guy an antagonist
PLOT: The villain
PLOT: Chekov's friend rule
PLOT: Naming chapters
PLOT: Potential non-romantic/non-sexual B-plots
PLOT: Set the scene
PLOT: Introducing backstory
PLOT: Scenes
PLOT: If you're stuck in the middle of the scene
PLOT: How to switch things up
PLOT: Increasing tension
PLOT: Give scenes momentum
PLOT: Plot twist ideas
PLOT: Leaving holes
PLOT: 10 ways to punch your reader in the gut.
PLOT: How to end your story
PLOT: Story endings
LANGUAGE: Instant turn offs when reading
LANGUAGE: Paragraphs
LANGUAGE: Punctuation Pt. 1
LANGUAGE: Punctuation Pt. 2
LANGUAGE: Dashes
LANGUAGE: Show don't tell
LANGUAGE: Keep an eye on 'was'
LANGUAGE: Don't overuse the word "very"
LANGUAGE: That
LANGUAGE: Words instead of "whispered"
LANGUAGE: Words instead of...
LANGUAGE: Swearing
LANGUAGE: Stutter Pt. 1
LANGUAGE: Stutter Pt. 2
LANGUAGE: How children speak
LANGUAGE: Specifics
LANGUAGE: Re-write
HOW TO: Top 10 tips for actually writing
HOW TO: Writing exercises
HOW TO: World-building
HOW TO: Girls names
HOW TO: Boys names
HOW TO: Surnames
HOW TO: Character description
HOW TO: Character cliché's
HOW TO: Character personalities
HOW TO: Physical personality
HOW TO: Tropes I love and hate
HOW TO: Making representation obvious
HOW TO: Break the black girl stereotype
HOW TO: Writing blind characters
HOW TO: Writing deaf characters Pt. 1
HOW TO: Writing deaf characters Pt. 2
HOW TO: Coming-out scenes
HOW TO: Anxiety disorders
HOW TO: Social anxiety
HOW TO: Panic attacks
HOW TO: PTSD
HOW TO: ADHD characters
HOW TO: Bad mental illness tropes
HOW TO: Not romanticising heavy topics
HOW TO: Glasses
HOW TO: How to describe eyes
HOW TO: Use of eyes
HOW TO: How to spot a liar
HOW TO: Body language that conveys embarrassment
HOW TO: Body language cheat sheet
HOW TO: Over-repetitive character actions
HOW TO: Helpful things for action writers to remember
HOW TO: Writing techniques for action writers
HOW TO: Interesting villains
HOW TO: Villain motive prompts
HOW TO: Anti-villain motivations
HOW TO: Lovable Villain
HOW TO: Heroes
HOW TO: Fun ways for characters to be wrong
HOW TO: How to blur the lines between good and evil
HOW TO: Character's that slowly descend into madness.
HOW TO: Light and dark
HOW TO: Stealth characters
HOW TO: Types of fight scenes
HOW TO: Guns
HOW TO: Gun terms
HOW TO: Injury
HOW TO: Where to hit in a fight
HOW TO: Writing pain
HOW TO: Writing blood loss
HOW TO: Malnourishment and dehydration
HOW TO: Drowning
HOW TO: Character collapsing
HOW TO: Modes of death
HOW TO: Killing characters
HOW TO: Sad character deaths
HOW TO: Mourning
HOW TO: Trauma leaves an impression
HOW TO: Murder terminology in layman's terms
HOW TO: Murder tips master post
HOW TO: Calming sentences
HOW TO: Creating romantic chemistry
HOW TO: Stages of attraction
HOW TO: Small, intimate moments
HOW TO: Tiny turn-ons
HOW TO: Non-sexual forms of intimacy
HOW TO: Important OTP things to consider
HOW TO: Imagine your OTP Pt. 1
HOW TO: Imagine your OTP Pt. 2
HOW TO: Types of kiss prompt's Pt. 1
HOW TO: Types of kiss prompt's Pt. 2
HOW TO: Best romantic cliché's
HOW TO: Reasons not to kiss them
HOW TO: Childhood best friends/friends to lovers trope
HOW TO: Relationships your readers will ship
HOW TO: Cool ways for men to be gender non-conforming
HOW TO: A list of attractive things to see/read a man doing
HOW TO: Under-represented gender character types
HOW TO: Bad boy vs. abuser
HOW TO: Possessiveness 101
HOW TO: Male characters
HOW TO: Female characters
HOW TO: Female character traits.
HOW TO: Women in History
HOW TO: Historical time periods
HOW TO: Medieval fact file
HOW TO: Historical marrying age
HOW TO: Royalty
HOW TO: Royal titles
HOW TO: Female court positions
HOW TO: Fantasy sub-genres
HOW TO: Fantasy world-building
HOW TO: Top 10 fantasy tropes
HOW TO: 12 things to ask about your magic system
HOW TO: Build a fantasy religion
HOW TO: Poisons
HOW TO: Pills and potions
HOW TO: Potential curse/hex ingredients
HOW TO: Magical tools/objects masterpost
HOW TO: Alchemical Substances
HOW TO: All purpose tools of witchcraft
HOW TO: Candle magic omens
HOW TO: Curses
HOW TO: Magic terminology
HOW TO: Latin phrases to use as incantations Pt. 1
HOW TO: Latin phrases to use as incantations Pt. 2
HOW TO: Hag Stones
HOW TO: Necrobotany
HOW TO: Magical universities
HOW TO: Urban city witch
HOW TO: Mages, healers and druids
HOW TO: Emotions through magic
HOW TO: The faerie star
HOW TO: Locations in Norse mythology
HOW TO: Kill a God
HOW TO: Dragons Pt.1
HOW TO: Dragons Pt.2
HOW TO: Wolves
HOW TO: Vampire's Pt. 1
HOW TO: Vampire's Pt. 2
HOW TO: Vampire's Pt. 3
HOW TO: Zombie ability
HOW TO: Supernatural concepts
HOW TO: A list of great comebacks
HOW TO: Iconic meme dialogue
HOW TO: Movie tropes I love
AU: Instead of coffeeshop AU
AU: Fam Jam AU's
AU: Being forced to share a bed AU
AU: Bed-sharing
AU: Obligatory AU's I really want
AU: AU's I really want to see written
AU: Meet ugly
AU: Soulmate AU prompts
AU: Fantasy AU prompt
AU: Time travel costume department
AU: Angels
AU: Domestic monsters
AU: Storm magic
AU: New England gothic
AU: Florida gothic
AU: Southern California gothic
AU: Texas gothic
AU: American public school gothic
AU: Mysterious little towns
AU: Random
WRITING PROMPT: 100 Prompts that will make you cry
WRITING PROMPT: Hurt/comfort dialogue prompts
WRITING PROMPT: 119 sarcastic prompts
WRITING PROMPT: 1 (PREVIEW)

AU: Arranged marriage AU prompts

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 - Royalty - person A and person B are both princes/princess of neighbouring kingdoms. Their family's are close so their marriage was arranged since they were born.

 - Modern - person A's family is in debt. Person B is the debt collector but asks for marriage instead.

 - Dystopian - in a society that chooses who your spouse is, person A and person B are matched as soon as they reach adulthood. 

 - Bought - in a society where your wealth is everything, even your marriage. Person A buys person B, or places the highest bid. 

 - Arranged - person A is royalty and has to wed. they choose person B, and B is not happy about it. 

 - Foreign - person A and B have been arranged to marry to keep peace between their lands. Too bad person B can't understand a lick of person A has to say. 

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